I look at the roadside and see good grazing, at a fallen tree and see a jump. My phone autodials the farrier and my Mini hauls feed, so naturally my blog is about horses.

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Imagine Mike Rowe on a Dirty Jobs episode crossed with Richard Hammond of Top Gear and Crash Course, minus the camera crew (mostly), and you can probably predict how my day as a “farrier’s assistant” went on Thursday. This is normally the day of the Thursday Trot, when frequently I get to go out and […]
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You know how when you were a kid you would watch someone doing something and confidently imitate them? Only it turned out not to be quite as easy as it looked… The investment in the neckstretching workout kit from Amazon really seems to be worth it. Only minimal knee flexing is now required to reach […]
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Rocket was born on July 5th,. 4 days before Tulah’s official due date. Cathy says he was born sometime around 6:30. She had just about given up when Tulah slipped him out. He was on the go right from the start, so his name is not just a reference to the fireworks that preceded his […]
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Across from Cascade Gold is an ocean… well, a small pond, of grass. It’s part of the McDaniels property, and we have been invited to graze it. The horses have never made as much of a dent as Mike McDaniels would like. There’s a couple reasons for that. The field is fairly wet, except for […]
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Another mysterious gift appeared in my tack locker yesterday… A photo of Andre. About a month and half ago, I was riding Andre in the field while my husband began his warmup with Willy. When I saw one of the neighbors from down the road with his two kids out for a stroll, we stopped […]
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[continued from part 1] Mare time Cady was gone from the arena only because Keiko had gotten up and taken Cady to her stall to look her over. “Any changes?” I asked. “Not really.” Callie fed the horses their morning hay, and Keiko and I warmed up in the house with coffee and Cathy. Kay […]
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Day one of foalwatch was prompted by a text from Cathy around 11:00 am. She had noticed Cady, a boarded mare showing signs of contractions. No chance of getting out on the trail for a ride. Oh well. One kind of excitement was replaced by aonther. I was planning to go to the barn anyway, […]
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“We’re like an old married couple,” Cathy said as she cruised down the trail on Galen. Maybe its not quite like a typical human marriage – they’ve been together since his birth, and Cathy orchestrated the cross that produced him, but there are some similarities. Back in 2000 when Galen was a beautiful, gleaming foal […]
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Normally, I take note of spring from horseback. Saturday was a rare day when I was at the barn without the oomph to ride (vestiges of a spring cold), and so I took a walk in the woods down the road with my camera instead. Its not old-growth forest, but it has representatives from most […]
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